Philosophy of Mind

This book provides the first full length treatment of the nature and function of freedom within the work of Henri Bergson. It does so while also in...

This book examines the concept of empathy in sociological and neuroscientific discourses using innovative perspectives from sociology and social ne...

What does it take to constitute a we with others and how does feeling, thinking, and acting as part of a we, transform one's sense of self, one's r...

Using the concept of plasticity, or the brains ability to change through growth and reorganization, as a theoretical framework, this book argues th...

This handbook articulates how sociology can re-engage its roots as the scientific study of human moral systems, actions, and interpretation. This s...

This companion to Lacans Seminar VI guides readers through an examination of desire, fantasy, dream interpretation, death, object a, and the signif...

Bayesian decision theory is a mathematical framework that models reasoning and decision-making under uncertain conditions. The Bayesian paradigm or...

Bayesian decision theory is a mathematical framework that models reasoning and decision-making under uncertain conditions. The Bayesian paradigm or...

This book explores the imaginative processes at work in the artefacts of Classical Athens. When ancient Athenians strove to grasp justice or war or...

This book draws on Merleau-Pontys phenomenology to develop new and promising solutions to contemporary debates about perception. In providing an ex...

This volume critically discusses the role empathy plays in different processes of understanding. More precisely, it clarifies empathys role in inte...

Sebastian Rödl's Self-Consciousness and Objectivity is one of the most original and thought-provoking books in analytic philosophy for the last sev...

Advancing our understanding of one of the most influential 20th-century philosophers, Robert Vinten brings together an international line up of sch...

This book presents an elaborated argument for why functionalism, as well as other dematerialized and disembodied theories of mind, cant be right. I...

An overview is offered of Wittgenstein's groundbreaking discussion of knowledge and certainty, especially in his final notebooks, published as On C...

An overview is offered of Wittgenstein's groundbreaking discussion of knowledge and certainty, especially in his final notebooks, published as On C...

This volume presents new philosophical perspectives on environmental emotions. It explores the motivating nature of emotions such as anger, grief, ...

We long for moments we can slow down and be still. Our days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do when your ...

Everyone has imagination. Imagination helps us see new possibilities for the future, navigate in times of uncertainty, and spark new ideas. But mos...

Psychoanalysis is, above all, the science of the emotions but, as yet, there is no single accepted theory of affects. Instead, there are many, all ...

Why hopeful pessimism is not a contradiction in terms but a powerful source of moral and political commitmentThe climate debate is rife with calls ...

Research on self-control in both philosophy and psychology is thriving. Yet despite a wealth of recent philosophical work on the exercise of self-c...

Human flourishing depends upon the mental health of the individuals. Throughout history, various cultural traditions have established and practiced...

A collection of concise and enlightening essays and reflections on the art of bouldering, from the author of bestseller The Zen of Climbing. More t...